Silvita Diaz Brown is a Mexican/American choreographer, dancer, teacher and director of Sildance/AcroDanza. Based in Chicago since 2008, She holds a BFA in Dance from Universidad de Las Américas Puebla in Mexico and an MFA in Theatre/Choreography from York University in Toronto Canada. For the last 18 years, her interdisciplinary dance-theater work has been supported and presented by many arts organizations, festivals and venues in Chicago and abroad. Silvita has toured her dance works in Cuba, Spain, India, Mexico, Canada, and within the USA. Silvita uses her art to explore the self, celebrate her Mexican heritage and to awaken insights that empower women and audiences in their identities and futures no matter where they come from. For the last two years Silvita has been doing dance residencies in Ragdale and The Chicago Cultural Center as well as work in progress performances for different venues and festivals to work and develop her triptych dance work/research “Ellas y Yo Mexicanas. This piece speaks of the life and work of two iconic Mexican women artists from different periods in history: feminist writer/philosopher Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz from the XVII century, and Uncompromised painter Frida Kahlo from the XX century. The third part of the research/dance work attempts to find out how Silvita as a Mexican and American female artist of the XXI century connects to these courageous women of her Mexican heritage. silvitadiazbrownsildanceacrodanza.com/
